Refluxing of the o-DCB solution of C60 with CF2ClCOONa and 18-crown-6 leads to formation of C60(CF2)n (n = 1-3); the monoadduct C60(CF2) has been found to consist of the main [6,6]- and minor [5,6]-isomers, both having an open structure.

(Pc). In contrast to the highly hygroscopic Li 2 (Pc), La(Pc) 2 is quite air-stable and its use allowed a significant

Difluoromethylenation of C60 with thermally decomposed CF2ClCO2Na provides novel C60(CF2) and C60(CF2)2 compounds with unique [6,6]-open structures. A theoretical survey of CF2 derivatives of C60 demonstrates that carbon cage opening can be controlled via charging of the molecule and that the thermodynamically preferable structures combine the trend to form open isomers with the compactness of the addition motifs, which results in the formation of windows in the fullerene cage.

The synthesis of novel bis-axially coordinated ruthenium(II) complexes with tetra-15-crown-5-phthalocyanine and N-donor ligands ( R 4 Pc ) Ru ( L 2) ( R 4Pc2- = 4,5,4',5',4'',5'', 4''',5'''- tetrakis(1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxotridecamethylene)phthalocyaninate-ion, L = pyridine (py), isoquino-line (iqnl), triethylamine ( Et 3 N )) is reported. The preparation technique involves the interaction of ( R 4 Pc ) Ru ( CO )( CH 3 OH ) with trimethylamine oxide in an N-donor solvent. The advantage of this method consists in selective carbonyl ejection from ( R 4 Pc ) Ru ( CO ) X with simultaneous substi-tution by N-donor ligands. The application of this procedure allowed us to decrease essentially the reaction time, as compared with photochemical methods, as well as to increase substantially the yield of reaction products. UV-visible, 1 H NMR, FT-IR and mass-spectrometry were used for characterization of the obtained compounds.

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